HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-06-16, Page 7tisement. The wells oustom ot'•carrY-
' in a slipper or sandal has prevailed
ancient times:' among other Ori-
ONTH OF THEYEAR LAR froma
ental ut people,s, and is still familiar;
Among the Nestorians it was once the
custom for the groom to kick the bride
and ter her then to remove from his
foot the sandal with which he had
kicked her. Some dews struck their
brides light blows with a slipper, as a
token that they must thereafter be
submissive to their will. In Russia
it: was an ancient custom for the
groom on the wedding night to require
the bride to kneel before him and pull
off his boots. In one of the hoots Was
a small whip, and in the other.a purse
of money. If she pulled oft first the
boot containing the whip, he struck
her with the lash, as a token that she
might thereafter expect frequent flog-
gings; while if she first diselosed the
purse, he would lavish gifts -upon her
and their domestic life would be hap-
py. A variant of this was practiced
by Martin Luther, who, after perform-
ing the wedding ceremony, took off'a
shoe of the bridegroom and placed it
upon the bride's pillow, as a remind-
er that she must always be subser-
vient to her husband.
History of Wedding Ring.
The wedding ring, now so essential
a part of the service and so indispens-
able an object, seems to have come in-
to use at a comparatively recent date,
and to have had at first less signifi-
cance than now. It was given as only
one among various presents and, as
an emblem of eternity, was meant to
indicate the lasting nature of the mari-
tal vows. Among our. Angio -Saxon an -
SUPERSTITIONS HOARY
WITH AGE.
Curious, Quaint and Beautiful
Customs of Various Lands
Are Here Described.
Why are May weddings regarded as
!unlucky? Why are June weddings
specially propitious? And why, oh,
why, should old shoes be flung after
and, indeed, at the bride? What say
the poets?
Marry in May,
And rue the day.
But, on the other hand:
Marry in June,
All life be in.tune.
All three .of these superstitions are
hoary with age. They were already
antiquated when the legend about St.
Switbin's Day was invented. " It might
be too much to say that they are as
old as marriage itself. But they cer-
tainly antedate the classic age. Thus.
Ovid, in his "Pesti," refers to what he
describes as the familiar: belief that
May is a bad month in which to marry.
And the same poet, after careful in-
vestigation of the various months of
the year, selected June for the time
of his own daughter's wedding,'. be-
cause, as he said, it was "good to the
man and happy to the maid."
That 'June should be a favorite
month for weddings is explicable from
its character as the month of roses
and other flowers; although the be-
ginning of May was the time of the
Morelia festival of the old Romans.
Still the partially for June has neyer
been as marked or as general as the
avoidance of May. While the Romans
preferred June, the Greeks greatly in-
clined to January. The Russians have
long had .a belief, said to have come
down from the early Eastern Church,
that weddings at Easter bring wealth,
at Ascension Day health, at Whitsun-
tide domestic felicity and at Trinity
Sunday many offspring.
Shoes Take Prominent Part.
The custom of throwing old shoes
after the bride is of comparable an-
tiquity, though it has assumed many
different forms. Among the Jews,
probably before our era, it was cus-
tomary to carry a slipper, preferably
one well worn, at the head of a wed -
'ding procession,,ii token of the com-
plete submission of the bride to her
;husband; though it is not known that
`;it was indicative of his use of it after
the orthodox manner of inflicting ciias-
walk,. about the town lentil his wife
saw fit to rug after him, overtake him,
and kiss him; When he was relieved
of bis burden. 'rho distance welch
his wife let him rein before releasing
him wasvariously interpreted as in-
dicative of the 'strength of her affect
tion for him, of her bashfulness, and
of her ,sense of humor. This .custom
was strictly enforced, the man who
was last "ereeled" having charge of
directing and superintending its Mille -
tion upon the next who was married.
Burdensome and even painful as
some of these.., ancient customs were,
it may be that some .couples of the
present day would find them less
grievous and embarrassing than some
of the more sophisticated practices, of
the twentieth century.
Age Shown by the Hand.
It is only within very recent years.
that women have thought it worth
while to give proper care to their
hands. Nowadays the average shop
girl bestows more attention upon her
nails than did the "fine lady" of a
generation or two ago.
There is much other care given to
the hands, including massage—the lat-
ter of special importance because it
tends to keep the Mali plump and disk-
courages wrinkles. Wrinkles common-
ly appear on the hands before the
face shows any, and thus a•woman's
hands may betray her age.
One might even say that the hands
grow old sooner than the face. The
fatty tissue that Iles immediatelybe-
neath the skin gradually shrinks with
the passage of years; the skin be-
comes loose and falls into folds.
cestors it was the custom for the pros- The skin on the back of your hand
pective bridegroom, on becoming be- shows how old you are: Pinch it and
trothed to his intended bride, to give you will see. If you are young the
her certain presents called a "wed," or skin will almost instantly ; become
pledge; from which word the word smooth again. Later in life; if pinched
"wedding" is derived. An . essential , up, it will retain the crinkle for some
part •of this "wed" was a ring, which moments.
was' placed upon the girl's right hand; In• youth the nails are smooth and
in brief, an engagement ring, as We usually have a slight rosy tint. • As
now know it. That ring was never re- years go on they lose theircolor and
moved, under pain of breaking the en- somewhat of their delicate texture,
gagement, until the wedding, when the often exhibiting in later life minute
bridegroom himself removed it and corrugations lengthwise. Careful
placed it upon. the left hand, to serve "manicuring will do much to obviate
as the wedding ring. Then he placed any such appearance of change.
it upon each of the four lingers in suc __y •
cession; saying at the first "In the A SMILE IN EVERYDOSE
name of the Father," at the second "In
the name of the Son," at the third
"And in the name of the Holy Ghost;' OF BABY'S S A VN TABLETS
and at the fourth "Amen."
T EAT I
WHAT YOU WANT'
Stornachs Can be Restored to a
Healthy Condition.
Not to be limited in. diet, but to eat
whatever he pleases Is the dream of
every, dyspeptic, No one can honestly
promise, to restore any stomach to
this ',Mean condition, because all
people' cannot eat the same things
with equally satisfactory results. But
it is poasibie to so tone up the diges-
tive • orgaus that a pleasing diet may
be selected from articles of food that
cause no discomfort.
When the stomach lacks tone there
is no quicker way to restore it than
to build' up the blood, Good digestion
without rich, red blood is impossible,
and .Dr. Williams' Pink Pills offer the
best.. way to enrich the blood, For
this reason these pills are especially
gond' in stomach• trouble attended by
thin blood, and in attacks of nervous
dyspepsia. Proof of the value of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills in cases of indi
gestion is given by Mr. John A. Me
Dona1%i; Tarbot, V.S., who says:
"Every sufferer from indigestion has
my heartfelt sympathy, as I was once
myself :a bond slave to it. Eating at
all belcame a trial, and as time went
on I became a mere skeleton of my
former self. I took all sorts of re-
commended medicines, doctors' and
advertised, but to no avail. Then a
friend said to try Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, I got a box and I thought be-
fore they were done I could feel a
change. Then I got six boxes more,
and by tee time they were used I
was eating my meals with regularity
and enjoyment. My general health is
now good, and it no wonder that I
am anenthusiastic advocate of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills."
You can procure Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills through any dealer in medicine
or they will be sent you by mail at 50
cents . a box or six boxes for $2.50 by
writing direct to The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
An old Scottish custom, now prac- Baby's Own Tablets are a regular
tically if not entirely extinct, was that joy giver to the little ones—they
of "creeling" the bridegroom. It was never fail to make the cross baby
practiced on the day ater he wedding. happy. When baby is cross and fret -
Early in the morning, often before ful the mother: may be sure something
the newly married couple had arisen, is the matter for it is not baby's na-
ture
the neighbors flocked to the door, and to be cross unless he is ailing.
summoned the bridegroom to appear. Mothers, if your baby is cross; if he
Then they seized him, bound upon his cries a great and needs your con-
basket, and stent attention day and night, give.
laden he hem a dose of Baby's Own Tablets They,
or at least to ,are a mild but thorough laxative which
will•, quickly regulate the bowels and
stoihaeh'-' and thus relfevh"' constt13 ;
tion and indigestion, colds 'and simple
fevers and make baby happy -there
back a large creel, or
filled it with stones. Thus
was compellecl to run,
Surnames and Ther Origin
BENNETT
Variations -Bennis, Bennison, Benn,
Benedetto, 01 Benedetto, Bennewitz,
Benedict, Benedict. .
IRacial Origin—English, German, Itali-
an, Slavic.
Source—A given name.
Family names in this group are
quite widespread, not only among Eng-
lish-speaking peoples, but among vir-
tually all the countries of Europe. So
many variations are there, in fact, that
it is not practicable to discuss them
all in one article.
The group, of course, is the out-
growth of the given name of Benedict,
or, to give it the original Latin form,
Benedictus. This given name has a
meaning of "blessed," or more literal-
ly, "well spoken of." It naturally rank-
ed high in the Middle Ages as a given
name, and quite logically there de-
Yeioped from it a host of family names.
Bennett is the survival as a sur-
name of a Norman diminutive of the
given name. Bennis represents a short-
ening from Bennison, which In turn
Was a development of "Bennettson."
Bennis a still further shortened ex-
ample. Benedetto and Di Benedetto
are Italian forms, the latter being
closer to the original, the "di" mean-
ing "of" and standing for "son of." In
this country there has been 'a strong
tendency to drop the "di" from .trans-
pianted family names.
Benedict appears for the most part
to be a straight English development
from the given name, while the "k" in
.Benedikt betrays German influence.
Beunewitz iu its ending, which also
indicates "son," conies from farther
east, in view of which it is interesting
to notice the similarity of this ending
and the old Norman-French prefix
"Fitz," with exactly the same mean-
ing.
SELLERS.
Variations—Seller, Seeler, Sadler.
Racial Origin -English.
Source—Occupation.
It is not possible to tell with ac-
curacy in the the individual case
which of two sources 'these family
names have come from, with the ex-
ception of the last named.
It may be taken for granted, how-
ever, that, like Sadler, the rest of
them in the vast majority of cases
come from the occupation of making
saddles. The assumption that t:.ere
is any connection with our modern
word "seller," or salesman, is erron-
eous, for the medieval English did
not use this word to designate trades-
men.
Sadler is a form of the name trace-
able to the Anglo-Saxon word. "Sell,"
however, was the word most often
used by the Normans in the early
period to denote a saddle, and it en-
dured for a long time. In fact, it did
not become obsolete until after Spen-
cer wrote:
"He left his loftey steedwith golden
sell,
And goodly gorgeous banes."
The form Sellers, Seller and Seeler,
however, may also be derived from the
old word "seler," which was the ap-
pellation of those craftsmen who
manufactured seals.
Says Time Save H
Here is a. table drink
made aa r z? AcicI.y as you" cava.
pour.iyct water into the cup
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d.e1ights the taste, and
causes none of the harm
that 'o'f'ten comes from
tea and. coffee.
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Old Man.
Old man, old•man, sitting in the sun,
What was the struggle worth now the
race is run?
How does life look to you now its all
behind?
Under your bald pate what lingers
your mind?
I wonder if you cherish still
The blue clay on the windy hill
When first your eyes met hers,.
things
Bright as a pigeon's sheeny wings
Flashed through you, and delight
Burned you with kisses white.
I wonder do you dwell with pride
;0:natrse,
iedrough days in which -you
Your strength; against your fellow men,
in
and
surely is a smile in every dose of the .And'won and lost and won again—
Tablets. Baby's Own. Tablets are sold That you should be alive!
Happy to toil and strive
by medicine dealers or by mail at 25
cents a box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
The Path of Labor.
Never in a costly palace did. I rest on
golden bed,
Never in e. hermit's covern have I
eaten idle bread,
Born within a lowly stable, where the
cattle round me stood,
Trained a carpenter in Nazareth, I
have toiled and found it good.
They who tread the path of labor fol-
low where my feet have trod;
They who work without complaining
do the holy will of God.
Where the many toil together, there
am I among my own,
Where the tired workman sleepeth,
there am I with him alone,
I,' the peace that passeth knowledge,
dwell amid the daily strife,
I, the bread of heaven, am broken in
the sacrament of life.
—Henry Van Dyke.
Ask for Minard's and take no other.
A Poem.
Seeing„ it is a gladdening thing;
White birds against a morning sly.
Blowing poppies, nodding grasses,
Light that grows and fades and
passes,
Young leaved poplars shining high.
And God be thanked that gave us, hear-
ing
For children's. laughter, sweet and
bold,
For winds that whisper old hills
round,
For every intimate sweet sound
Tho quiet golden evenings hold.
But oh, 'tis scent that makes immortal
The little lives of mortal mens
Roses with haunting sweetness
riven,
Incense, to lift men's hearts to
Heaven,
Lilacs, to draw them home again.
—Margaret Adelaide Wilson.
Father Knew.
After correcting Tommy for the
y
thousandth time for talking in school,
his teacher decided to speak of this
fault to the lad's father. She there-
fore added this remark to her next
report:
"Tommy talks a great deal."
"In two days the report carne back,
correctly signed by Tommy's father,
with the comment:
"You ought to hear his mother!"
The sun gives 800,000 times nl
light than the Il•eon.
Is gladness hid in moonlit eyes
When love comes sighing through the
leaves?
Or is it garish, stressful days
To which ydur hungry fancy strays—
Green seas, the busy mart,
Which' wrote upon your heart?
•
Have you regret for marriage ties?
Did children make you sad and wise?
What mattered much? What not at
all?
And, prithee, what would you recall
And leave undone, to reap -
Sounder and sweeter sleep?
Old roan, old man, drawing near the
night,
Speak wisely through your beard, an-
swer me aright—
That I may have good dreamings when
life is done,
Leavingme to bide as you, cold in the
sun.
—Dale Coiling.
Explorers Advance Toward
Mt. Everest.
Somewhere in the tangled maze of
the . southern Himalayan Mountains
three parties of British engineers are
working their way through unexplored
gorges and passes toward the base of
Mount Everest, says a despatch from
Darjeeling, Bengal,' They are blazing
the way' for the expedition that will at-
tempt later this summer to scale the
granite walls, of Everest and conquer
the highest peak on the globe.
The first party to leave here was
commanded liy Major Morshead which
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FROM NU OVA
a.
Good Joke; Few Clothes.
110—"Will you marry me?"
She—"Do you think you could keep
me in clothes?"
He—"Well, partly in. You wouldn't
want to dress' out of style, would you?"
in the Good Old Summer Time,
"How's this back to the farm move-
ment progressing?"
"Flue right now," said Mr. Cobbles.
"year
"All the town kin I've got want to
come out an' pay me a visit."
Not So Fast.
Uncle Hayseed: "Then city folks
ain't so fast as I was supPosin' '
Aunt Furby: "How's that, John?"
Uncle Hayseed: "I went to one of
them theatres and they were still a-
playln' 'Hamlit' that 1 seed ten years
ago."
Parting For Ever,
He (tremblingly) : "I have one
last wi-wish to ask you be before we
part in anger for ever."
She (sobbingly) : "Wha-what is it,
Geo -George ?"
He: "Wi-will you me -meet me next
Th -Thursday as us -usual?"
She: "I wi-will, George."
Definitely Located.
An emigrant ship was wrecked, and
many survivors landed on the Falk-
land Islands. When the news reached
home, the minister of a church to
which some of the emigrants had be-
longed included in the service a
prayer for the victims of the wreck.
Being a very cautious man, he
worded his prayer in this way:
"Be with our brethren stranded in
AFAfA TO G� OUC
4Id STft��T ALONE
MRS. BEVERAGE LIED
IN FEAR OF ATTACK'.
Dizzy Spells Overcome After
Taking Tanlac all Doesn't
Feel Like Same Person.
"Tanlac has relieved me of my sue,
feting and - I just caxi't praise it
enough," aaid Mrs. Margaret Beverage,
305 Hngeson St. North, Hamilton, Ont,
"For two years my appetite was
very poor and I suffered a greet,; deal
from formation of gas on my stomach•:
I was also troubled with frequent at-
tacks of dizziness• and was actually
afraid to go out or even get away
from something to hold on to. One
of those dizzy spells came on while I
was calling on one of my grandchild-
ren one day and I just fell right down
on the lawn; Last spring, when I
started taking Tanlac, I had been con-
fined to my bed for a month and was
so weak I could not walk.
"Tanlac helped me from the very
start, as 3 have not had a weak spell
since 1 started taking it and I feel so
good I can hardly realize that I'm the
same woman. The dizzy spells are
gone, my appetite is fine and every-
thing I eat agrees with me perfectly. I
have recommended Tanlac to any
number of my friends and, I am glad
to say, it has benefitted them all. I
just wish I could tell everybody who
suffers as I did what Tanlac did for
me."
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Adv.
New French Stamps.
The French recently held a com-
petition for designs intended for a
new issue of postage stamps. Nearly
all of the designs submitted were sug-
gested by the war; the best ones show
the Falkland Islands, which are situ a splendid Gallic cock crowing in
ated 1n the South Atlantic ocean." triumph, the head of a poilu in a steel
helmet and a head representing
France in a winged cap. None of the
designs won the highest prize offered,
for none was thought sufficiently orig-
inal or striking to merit it. It may be
that none of the three prize-winning
designs will replace the present grace-
ful design of the Sower, though the
matter has not yet been decided.
Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia
Following Advice.
"He's perfectly quiet, ladies," re-
marked the man to the two girls who
were about to hire a pony and trap.
"Only you must take care to keep tY s
rein off his tail."
"We won't forget," they said.
When they returned he asked them
how they got on.
"Splendidly," they explained. 'We
had one sharp shower, but we took it
in turn to hold the umbrella over the
horse's tail, so there was no real.
danger."
Common Tatersi
A country clergyman was preach-
ing on an obscure point of theology,
eelgch ire explained in: an original and.
striking manner. He concluded by
saying, "This Is entirely my own view.
Commentators do not agree with me."
The next day he was informed that
one of his parishioners wished to see
him. Going into his study he was
greeted with cordiality by one of his
sidesmen, who happened to be a mar-
ket gardener.
"Morning, sir," beamed the caller.
"Heard you say yesterday as common
taters didn't agree wi' yer, so I've
brought a sack of my best. Hope
you'll get on better with them."
MONEY ORDERS,
Send a Dominion Express Money
Order. They are payable everywhere.
Why He Was Late.
Amongst the many stories that are
current concerning the new Unionist
leader, Mr. Austin Chamberlain, is
one about an incident that happened
at Highbury, his father's seat near
Birmingham.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain had laid
out a plantation of younger fir trees in
the grounds, of which he was exceed-
ingly proud, notwithstanding the fact
that the majority of the sapplings
measured no more than two or three
feet in height.
One evening it chanced that Mr.
Austen turned up late at a dinner
party to which a number of notables
has been bidden.
The son entered in fear and trem-
bling, for he knew that uupunctuality
was the one unpardonable sin in his
father's eyes.
"You are very late, Auste," said the
latter reprovingly.
"Yes, I'm sorry," replied the culprit,
at a loss for a moment for a suitable
excuse.
Then his face brightened and a
proceeded up the Teesta Valley and twinkle came into his eyes.
1d t ibl
over what is known as the Kangrila "Con n' poss y get he
re before,
router. The other two units, com father," he said. "I lost my way in
mantled by Colonel Bury, intend to your new forest,"
meet the Morshead party at Khamba
"Milk," manufactured from drop-
ped oats, ground peanuts, and a little
water, is said to resemble the cream-
iest product of the cow.
Jong. Then the combined expedition
will strike westward toward the vil-
lage.. of Tengri Jong, which is about
thirty miles north of the Everest
group. A permanent base will be se-
lected::near. that village and from it
will start the party which will try to
reach the summit of the dominating
peak of the range.
Before the actual work of scaling
Everest can begin, however, engineers
must survey all approaches to the
mountain and try to find the most
practicable route to the top. This re-
connaissance work is the chief task
assigned the amen now working their
way into the mountains.
Communities of. ants have their
warrior class; and two fighting ants
of different tribes will put tip a great
battle, ant With their powerful nip -
Rural Route No. 1, Maseouche, Quebec.
The Minaret's Liniment People,
Sirs, --1 feel that S should be doing a
wrong if I neglected to write you. I have
had tour tumors growing on my head for
years. I had them cut of by a surgeon
about fifteen years ago, but they grew
ago tree months had
again till about ]r fi
one as largo and shaped like a lady's
thimble on the very place where my hair
should be parted, and it was getting so
embarrassing in public that it was a con-
stant worry to me. About three months
ago I. got a bottle of your liniment tor
another purpose and saw on the label
good for tumors. Well, 1 tried it and
kept at it for exactly two inonths, Waith
the result that it has entirely removed
that trace
h adlbeen cut d,ite earearstago
no mark would be seen. S have not been
naked for this testimonial and you can
• u area
fit.
'use it as
(signed) PRIM C. RC113TtiSt>,i,
MI ar. farmer and intend ruin,.
Minarets Liniment on mare for a strains,,
psis l t .ke shoe; work of one another tendon, and art hoping. rot:,sums results,
oi.ee- they lie:; to holds. - 7.'Lil::i3 C. lir.
It's good to have money, and the
things that money can buy, but it's
good, too, to check up once in a while,
and make sure that you haven't lost
the things that money won't buy.
There is one divorce for every seven
marriages in Japan, one for every ten
marrianges in the United States, and
one for every ten thousand in Eng-
land.
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In every Bayer package are directions
for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheu-
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and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of
twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug-
gists also sell larger packages. Made
in Canada. Aspirin is the trade mark
(registered in Canada), of Bayer Manu-
facture of Mouoaceticacidester of Sall-
cyllcacid.
All over baby's fare.. Came in
water blisters and then formed a solid
scale. Began to itch anct burn so
had to bandage his hands as he
wanted to scretch. Face
vas badlyIy
disfigured. Trouble lasted 4 months.
Began using Cal, -'use Soap and Obit.
mein. Used one cake Soap and oee
box Ointment when he was headed:
Froin signed statement of Mrs.
Albert Bilis, Wettenerg, N. S.
For every purpone of the toilet
Cuticula Soap, Ointment and Tale
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